Resilience of leaky barriers in Natural Flood Management at the RRC conference
Zora van Leeuwen presented her poster “A Method for Assessing the Resilience of Leaky Dam Networks” online at the 21st River Restoration Centre conference.
Publications & Resources
Online catalogue of nature-based flood risk management projects in the UK
This page has been superseded by a new page about our interactive mapping of nature-based flood risk management projects across the UK. You can find the new page here: https://www.jbatrust.org/how-we-help/interactive-mapping/
Improving fish pass design with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and behavioural models of eel movement
Tom Padgett recently published results from his PhD research in the Royal Society Open Science Journal. Tom used the flexibility of computational modelling to test different eel tiles under several different conditions and eel life stages. Overall, passage efficiency decreases with increasing flow and steeper installation angles; it increases as elvers get larger, and older.
Comparing sediment transport in hydraulic models
As part of Eleanor Pearson’s PhD placement with JBA Trust, she investigated whether the outputs from pre-existing flood risk hydraulic models can be used to evaluate the geomorphological impact of a flood. Results from her work are presented in this poster.
Infrastructure network risk analysis: scour at railway bridges
New paper reports a probabilistic analysis of the risk to the British railway network from scour at bridges.
Exploring the origins of watercourses through sedimentary archives
Research outputs from a PhD to estimate flood frequency using documentary and floodplain sedimentary archives to extend flood series.
Flood Inundation Mapping with Data Assimilation
MSc project poster – Zhiqi Hu investigated if observations of floods from satellite images can help us improve the accuracy of forecast flood maps.
Geomorphological effectiveness of floods to rework gravel bars: insight from hyperscale topography and hydraulic modelling
A new study shows how the topographic and sediment data collected using terrestrial lidar surveys can be used to provide boundary conditions in a range of widely accessible flow models and could help add further insight to the hydromorpological analysis of a river reach.
River flumes engage and inspire at Peterborough STEM Festival
Two of our hydraulic river flumes were in action at the Peterborough STEM Festival on 13 October as part of a range of fun hands-on activities to celebrate and experience the wonders of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Can the past be a reliable guide to the future?
Many important decisions about planning for flooding rely on statistical assessments of risk. This one-day workshop enabled communication and discussion between academics and practitioners on the technical, practical, scientific and risk management implications of applying non-stationary statistical models to flood event data
